alt Hacker News> apple's relatively long OS update period
For a 127 EUR Samsung A17 up to 6 OS and security updates (6 years) are advertised. For a Google Pixel up to 7 updates. How long is it for Apple?
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Noaidi • today at 12:10 PM
I can barely use my iPhone 16E after the liquid glass update so I will say for me, it was one year.
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JohnTHaller • today at 1:05 PM
Samsung will switch from monthly to updating less and less often over the age of your device. Your device will be vulnerable to known security issues but Samsung will stick to their once every 3 months and sometimes once every 6 months update schedule. I found this out after my premium Samsung tablet sat vulnerable for months.
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/samsung-galaxy-security-up...
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Apple provides 7 years of software updates, plus one year of security updates on top of it, plus zero day patches after that period.